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DAC & The Prattler’s Speakeasy: Embracing the Illicit

On March 29th, 2025 the DGT Gallery House was transformed into a bustling speakeasy. Upon my arrival, the terracotta steps of 272 Clinton Avenue were littered with Pratt students mingling—eagerly awaiting a night of artistic curation and creation. Entering the space, guests were immediately serenaded by live jazz. The walls were decked with visual art pieces, such as Shanna Deneux’s photography collection titled The Camgirl , a collection of portraits that examine the vulnera

Anna Avent

Group chat Couture: On Fashion’s Mixed Signals and the Brands Still Speaking Clearly

In a moment when everyone in fashion is talking, the real challenge is figuring out who’s actually saying something. Art by Chassidy Stephenson Fashion has always been a kind of conversation—between identity, memory, and possibility. For me, it’s never just about clothes. It’s about the tension between holding onto what was and reaching for what’s next. But lately, that conversation feels messy. Some brands are shouting, some are mumbling, and too many are just recycling the

Chloé Alves

Anna Wintour’s Hair is a Spy.

Art by Anniella Victoria Anna Wintour’s hair is a spy. I saw it whispering to her at the Spring/Summer Prada show. She’s discreet, I write, in my little blue book. I have to squint to find a clean blank space amidst her deliveries, luncheons, and skin peelings. The wig shivers and bristles at the next look causing Wintour to narrow her eyebrows, the silver lipped celebrities sitting around her can’t help but lean into her. The wig has a magnetic attraction pulse, I note. Look

Sam Tuck

Fascist-core: Pinterest, The "Vibe Shift", and Late-Stage Capitalism

If you’ve been on Pinterest or TikTok recently, you may have noticed the proliferation of niche micro-aesthetics, often cataloged in the form of collages, compilation videos, or “guide to ____-core” masterdocs. These, unlike larger fashion trends that might last several years before fading into obscurity again, flit in and out of existence in the blink of an eye. Behind this urge to label and behind the endless churn of micro-cores is a consumer culture driven by ego-identifi

Orion Smith Anderson

Performing “The Performance:” Ava Wilson’s NYFW Debut

Ava Wilson is a couture-leaning fashion designer based in Brooklyn, NY. She works primarily within the themes of Black sexuality and Black femininity—how these facets of Black identity have been diluted through time, and how they may be recontextualized in a way that empowers the stories of the past, while nodding towards the future of Black femininity. Her collection “The Performance” uses mesh, beading, and boning to accentuate and extend the shape of the body, in order to

Ella Ferrero

I am Being Suffocated by the Media Bubble and So are You

October 27, 2025 Newsletter Collage by Jasmine Nguyen A few mornings ago I was getting ready, and I was thinking about the Prattler. Specifically, I was thinking about the newsletter and how much more time can pass before it becomes apparent that, behind my not writing it, I am hiding two ugly truths: a complete lack of inspiration and an utter absence of creative impulse. It gets dark by 6pm, almost nothing feels intellectually stimulating, and as I’m writing this the New Yo

Ksenija Carleton

Let Them Eat Cake

October 20, 2025 Newsletter Collage by Jasmine Nguyen with "let them eat cake" by Kamile Lukrecija Lukosiute (2024) We don’t know if Marie Antionette actually said it, but Jean-Jacques Rousseau did! “Let them eat cake” is the phrase of the moment—a rich person’s poor interpretation of the plight of the lower class. Just like Kim Kardashian not knowing the price of a gallon of milk, Antionette did not understand the nuance of a poor person’s position, and that poor people cann

Ella Ferrero

The Biblical Diet, Clean Eating, and its Fascistic Appeal

October 13, 2025 Newsletter A lot of girls on TikTok have fallen into fascination with “Biblical fruit,” a subsect of the wider Catholic aesthetic revival happening amongst our generation. Biblical fruit refers to pomegranates, dates, figs, and other rich and messy fruits that Jesus might have eaten. I know we all know about the “pomegranate girl” who is obsessed with pomegranates and that seems to constitute a personality trait. I think those girls are allowed to have fun wi

Ella Ferrero